[Slowhand] Re: mayall 70th-underwhelmed

[Apurva Parikh]

Hello Sd'ers, hope all of you had a good thanksgiving, stuffed yourself 
silly and found time to listen to Eric Clapton..

I finally got my copy of the mayall 70th birthday release. My initial 
thoughts, after listening to all of the 2cd set once..


-I was very impressed by John himself, while I was never a huge FAN of his 
voice, with age he sounds very good. His new band which i hadn't previously 
heard on record is fantastic, esp. Buddy Whittington (sp?). He plays fast 
little licks, very much like early buddy guy/otis rush.
-Mick taylor's playing is fine, very good in fact, those of you who know 
himthrough only the Stones work, should check his solo cd's out..

- I was VERY underwhelmed by the Clapton portion of the show.. for the 
following reasons:

            Don't like the "new arrangements" on Have You Heard and ALl your 
love, it sounds like a bunch of 50-60 year olds, meandering through those 
old chestnuts. Yes I know they are a bit older/wiser, but the songs seem to 
drag.

           Too many keyboard, other solos get in the way to me...
           Eric's guitar tone.. yuck. Thin and boring.. I dont know why it 
is, but on his solo tours it sounds a bit more chunky and substantial, but 
maybe it's the recording but it sounds woefully thin.

While it's great to hear Eric playing hideaway, this version sounds more 
like the Freddie King version than the Beano version, in terms of guitar 
tone.. I wonder what the 20 year old Eric Clapton would think if he heard 
the 60 year old Clapton's version. hehe..

So I give this one a partial thumbs up, A for Effort, B, C+ for execution.

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